Nancy Astor - A Real Gibson Girl engaged
Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Sketch at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor. Her sister Irene was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson and both women were said to be the inspiration for his drawings of elegant, pretty girls. In 1919, as Lady Nancy Astor, she would be the first woman M.P. to take her seat in the House of Commons
Picture No
13129584
Media ID
46122618
Size
4435px x 6314px
(6.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Lallie Charles in The Sketch, 14 March 1906
Date
1906
